How can an administrator work with Nutanix Support to recover a deleted VM, in its most up-to-date status, within a 24-hour period of the VM being deleted?
TheRecycle Binfeature in Nutanix enablessoft deletion of VMs, where the deleted VM is retained in a non-visible state for24 hoursby default before being purged. During this retention window:
NutanixSupportcan assist in recovering the VM in itsmost up-to-date state.
No snapshots or backups are required for this recovery mechanism.
TheRecycle Bin is enabled by defaultin recent AOS versions.
UI Path (for visibility):
This functionality is internal and requires Support engagement for recovery.
Clarification:
A (Nutanix Recovery Plan):Used with NearSync or Async DR; does not recover recently deleted VMs automatically.
C (NC2 on AWS):Disaster recovery infrastructure, not applicable to local deleted VM recovery.
D (Third-party tools):Irrelevant to Nutanix native functionality.
Official Reference:
Nutanix Administration Guide – VM Recovery using Recycle Bin
Excerpt: “Deleted VMs can be recovered by Nutanix Support within 24 hours using the Recycle Bin soft-delete capability.”
Answer: B
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